Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive192% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160407
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 25 '16 at 20:00
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 80
1-Core 98
2-Core 189
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 533
53% 430 Pts
64-Core 511
32% 511 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4390
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.16% Terrible
Lighting 6.23
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 6.56
5% 8.15 fps
MRender 8.67
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 14.1
8% 9.52 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.16%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Asmedia ASMT1153e 1TB
316GB free
Firmware: 0
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 416
Write 383
Mixed 412
90% 404 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 33.8
4K Mixed 13.7
66% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 66.2
71% 116 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 74%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,843
Write 1,141
Mixed 1,232
311% 1,405 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 31
150% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 42.3
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 26.3
35% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 192%
Great: 235%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23
14GB free, PID 5583
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
31% Below average
Read 124
Write 36.5
Mixed 46.8
72% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.97
4K Write 1.24
4K Mixed 0.65
82% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 31%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69% Good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 22.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 25.8
SC Mixed 22.7
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 80.5
50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,707 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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